Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coptis chinensis Franch. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Coptis chinensis var. chinensis

Coptis chinensis var. brevisepala W.T.Wang & P.K.Hsiao

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ch'uan-lien	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese goldthread	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinesischer goldfaden	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coptide chinois	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coptidis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
coptidis rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
coptis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
coptis rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
coptis species rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
cottide	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gold thread	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
golden thread	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
golden thread rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
hoàng liên	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
huang lian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huang-lien	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huanglian	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
huánglián	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kinakoptis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oren	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
perlenschnur	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
powdered coptis rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizoma coptidis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
we len	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
wei-lian	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
weilian	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
wé len	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ཝེ་ལེན།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
オウレン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
オウレン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
味連	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黃連	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黄连	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
黄連	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome	dried rhizome	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome, roots removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coptis teeta var. chinensis (Franch.) Finet & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 402 (1904).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coptis chinensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Coptis chinensis Franch	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
Coptis chinensis Franch.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Coptis chinensis Franchet	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Coptis teeta Wall. var. chinensis Finet & Gagnep.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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